The rare Sable Cruiser dragonfly is one of only about twenty such sightings since the insect was discovered in 1920. It is ...

One notable member of this group, Tim McClurg, shared that their inspiring journey has thus far led to an impressive 13,863 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Dragonflies – including threatened and endangered species – are set to benefit from a new partnership between the British Dragonfly ...

Today, black rhinos have a population of roughly 6,500 – up from the 1990s' low point of less than 2,500, when poaching and habitat loss drove the species to the edge of extinction.

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the Miocene Epoch.

Nearly a third of fungi species assessed by international conservation experts were found to be at risk of extinction from threats like agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl. The ...

Colossal Biosciences, founded in 2021, has also been experimenting directly with Asian elephant cells, because that species is most closely related to extinct woolly mammoths. Another arm of ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss several proposed bills, including one that could undermine the Endangered Species Act—a bedrock ...

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2016. A person found liable of violating the Endangered Species Act could be sentenced up to a year ...

Researchers from Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Odisha's Baripada have claimed to have discovered a new species of wild ginger from Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Mayurbhanj ...

A previously unknown species of wasp with an abdomen reminiscent of a Venus flytrap has been discovered in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber, and entomologists have never seen anything like it. While ...